VMA Board of Directors
Brett Vassey
VMA President & CEO
Richmond
Jamie Baisden
Chairman
President, QMT Associates, Inc.
Manassas Park
Tanya Cook
Vice Chairman
Senior Director, Philip Morris USA, Richmond
Larry Souverielle
Treasurer
Senior Director
General Dynamics
Marion
Chris Tonk
Secretary
Plant Manager
Owen-Illinois, Inc.
Toano
Scott Tilley
Immediate Past Chairman
General Counsel, STIHL Inc., Virginia Beach
Rob Hogan
Chairman Emeritus
Vice President, Manufacturing
Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News
Jack Abato
Vice President of Manufacturing
Cadence Companies, Staunton
Corynne Arnett
Vice President, Customer Service
Dominion Energy, Richmond
Eldon Brammer
Vice President
Pulp & Paper Mill
Georgia Pacific, Big Island
Dr. Reinhold Brand
Retired
Manufacturers Council, Hopewell
James “Jim” Burnette
President
Alliance Engineering Inc., Newport News
David DelGuercio
Senior Vice President and General Manager
Evonik Goldschmidt Corporation, Hopewell
Cort Reiser
Executive Vice President of Manufacturing
Liebherr Mining Equipment Company,
Newport News
Mauri Winegardner
Vice President,
Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc.
James Frantz
President and CEO
Graham-White Manufacturing Co.
Salem
David Gum
President
National Fruit Product Company
Winchester
Sidney Harrison
CEO
ITAC
Chester
Dorene Billingsley
Operations Director
AdvanSix, Inc.
AdvanSix, Inc.
Ryan Ranalli
Vice President, Operations
McKee Foods Corporation
Stuarts Draft
Franky Marchand
Logistics Vice President
Volvo Group Trucks Operations in Americas
Roanoke
Andy Gowatsky
Plant Manager,
Church & Dwight
Rick Watro
Vice President of Operations
Westrock,
Richmond
Julia Jones
Director of Operation Integration,
Newport News Shipbuilding
David Johnson
Dupont Spruance Site Manager,
Richmond
Philip Wekenmann
Plant Manager,
General Electric
